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the debate on chuck hagel is not over. it has not been serious. we don't have the information we need, and i am going to fight the idea of jamming somebody through. i'm going to hit you and keep hitting you. you're not going to get away with not answering basic questions. >> dana, isn't the problem here not just the fact that benghazi has nothing to do with chuck hagel but the people like senator graham have now put themselves in a position where they cannot stand down because of the rhetoric and the grandstanding that we've seen over the last month? >> martin, i was in the first row of that press son frens when lindsey graham was talking and i thought he was going to leap out and start hitting us in the press corps. absolutely he can't back down. he said i guaran-damn-tee you, was how he put it. it sounds like john mccain and some others given to next week will do it. in a larger picture we're talking about perhaps a week and then hagel will continue on as before. that doesn't mean it's a good thing that there's been a filibuster of a national se
the debate on chuck hagel is not over. it has not been serious. we don't have the information we need, and i am going to fight the idea of jamming somebody through. i'm going to hit you and keep hitting you. you're not going to get away with not answering basic questions. >> dana, isn't the problem here not just the fact that benghazi has nothing to do with chuck hagel but the people like senator graham have now put themselves in a position where they cannot stand down because of the...
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hagel. he released a letter today that said mr. hagel's nomination will move forward next week. hopefully be voted out of committee. that's what democrats feel. and they held the numbers there, 14-12, so they believe it will go forward. but, i mean, the letter speaks for itself. levin claiming that he's never seen these types of questions asked for democrats or republicans through the armed services committee over the last 26 years. >> pretty typical though for republicans of late. now to john brennan. what's been the reaction from the white house after his confirmation hearing? because we know that there was some concern about the way chuck hagel performed. how does the white house feel about how things went with mr. brennan? >> reporter: well, talking to folks, the democrats here in d.c., there is a lot of confidence in brennan's performance because it's the complete opposite of hagel. they felt brennan looked self-assured. he gave a spirited defense to the administration's policies and most importantly he was also humble. he said there should be more information put forward i
hagel. he released a letter today that said mr. hagel's nomination will move forward next week. hopefully be voted out of committee. that's what democrats feel. and they held the numbers there, 14-12, so they believe it will go forward. but, i mean, the letter speaks for itself. levin claiming that he's never seen these types of questions asked for democrats or republicans through the armed services committee over the last 26 years. >> pretty typical though for republicans of late. now to...
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ryan, listen to jay carney taking questions about chuck hagel and benghazi. here he is. >> what is unfortunate here is the continuing attempt to politicize an issue, in this case through nominees that themselves had nothing to do with benghazi, and to do so in a way that only does harm to our national security interests. >> so, ryan, just remind me again of what benghazi has to do with chuck hagel's nomination. >> well, nothing. and -- >> sorry, could you repeat that? >> it's -- >> sorry, repeat that, ryan. what does it have -- what does benghazi have to do with chuck hague snel. >> absolutely nothing. it's kind of like why would you take foreign policy advice from dick cheney. after the crash of '29, herbert hoover kept coming to republican conventions and giving these big speeches every four years, and every time he did it, democrats just celebrated because it reminded the entire country of how they got to where they are. so i would assume that democrats would actually encourage dick cheney, keep coming on television, keep giving the american people advice,
ryan, listen to jay carney taking questions about chuck hagel and benghazi. here he is. >> what is unfortunate here is the continuing attempt to politicize an issue, in this case through nominees that themselves had nothing to do with benghazi, and to do so in a way that only does harm to our national security interests. >> so, ryan, just remind me again of what benghazi has to do with chuck hagel's nomination. >> well, nothing. and -- >> sorry, could you repeat that?...
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a senate committee scheduled to vote on the nomination of chuck hagel tomorrow. senator john mccain says, i will not participate in any walkout of tomorrow's committee vote, which i guess is what counts for statesmanship among republicans these days, but as to whether mr. mccain will support his one-time friend, well, that remains a bit of a mystery. >> we've still got some more information. >> are you going to support him for defense secretary? >> i will see the rest of the answers to his questions, but certainly i have very grave concerns. i think we need some more information. >> of course, senator lindsey graham brings up an excellent point, one i'm sure more republicans will soon be asking, why stop at chuck hagel? >> i don't think we should allow brennan to go forward for the cia directorship, hagel to be confirmed as secretary of defense until the white house gives us an accounting. yes, i'm going to ask my colleagues just like they did with john bolten, joe biden said no confirmation without information. no confirmation without information. >> right. i me
a senate committee scheduled to vote on the nomination of chuck hagel tomorrow. senator john mccain says, i will not participate in any walkout of tomorrow's committee vote, which i guess is what counts for statesmanship among republicans these days, but as to whether mr. mccain will support his one-time friend, well, that remains a bit of a mystery. >> we've still got some more information. >> are you going to support him for defense secretary? >> i will see the rest of the...
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this time going after chuck hagel. he was one of three senators who streeted against john kerry's appointment of secretary of state. he seems to be staking out a specific territory for himself, sort of more on the right. but when you wrote about senator cruz during the election, you said that you were, quote, comforted by the theory that cruz is driven more by ambition than by tea party doctrine. so does that theory still give you comfort? >> it does, karen. i mean, i can't say that what he's doing right now is reassuring for people who are seeking some sort of moderate and reasonable behavior. now, he voted against kerry most likely like his fellow texas senator john cornyn to appease the big donors down there in texas who have it in for john kerry. he's definitely been a real hotdog since he's arrived in the senate wanting to stir things up as much as possible. he's very careful though. so if he sees the winds beginning to blow another way from what we've seen in the past and i have known him for -- since a dozen yea
this time going after chuck hagel. he was one of three senators who streeted against john kerry's appointment of secretary of state. he seems to be staking out a specific territory for himself, sort of more on the right. but when you wrote about senator cruz during the election, you said that you were, quote, comforted by the theory that cruz is driven more by ambition than by tea party doctrine. so does that theory still give you comfort? >> it does, karen. i mean, i can't say that what...
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bush, is really upset because chuck hagel compared w. with herbert hoover? you are republicans trying to subvert the foreign policy of the united states over an old and bitter grudge? let's bring in ari melber and democrat strategist julian ep sto epstein. what is senator mccain's problem? is he trying to defend a mode okur president bush or is he trying to defend a failed war in iraq? >> i think it's more iraq where we know senator mccain has long stood by our presence there and adding troops there, but bottom line if you take this as the mccain filibuster standard, then no one in any democratic administration ever gets a vote because, guess what? a lot of them have good faith and i think well-grounded disagreements with george w. bush. so this cannot be the standard. it's not defensible on its own terms and that's the problem. they are erecting a supermajority hurdle for all of this legislation and all of these nominees. this is an old problem from the way the republicans have been acting and it doesn't stand up because by this standard again you would not
bush, is really upset because chuck hagel compared w. with herbert hoover? you are republicans trying to subvert the foreign policy of the united states over an old and bitter grudge? let's bring in ari melber and democrat strategist julian ep sto epstein. what is senator mccain's problem? is he trying to defend a mode okur president bush or is he trying to defend a failed war in iraq? >> i think it's more iraq where we know senator mccain has long stood by our presence there and adding...
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he met with hagel. the two sat down at the white house, had a long meeting, and chuck schumer came out of that meeting essentially saying he now supports hagel's nomination for secretary of defense. one of the key points he makes is that he feels as though hagel has shifted positions on some of these controversial issues and comments that he brought up in the past, on iran, on israel, and he specifically says that hagel now understands the fact that israel is in a more endangered spot than it was, essentially acknowledging the administration's position which is that iran has gotten closer to acquiring nuclear weapons, so hagel basically telling schumer he would support unilateral action on iran, would not take any option off the table as it pertains to iran around understands some of his comments in the past about israel were in his words not appropriate, not well-stated. so i think a lot of people are going to be swayed by this decision that schumer has made and don't forget, martin, it's not just chuc
he met with hagel. the two sat down at the white house, had a long meeting, and chuck schumer came out of that meeting essentially saying he now supports hagel's nomination for secretary of defense. one of the key points he makes is that he feels as though hagel has shifted positions on some of these controversial issues and comments that he brought up in the past, on iran, on israel, and he specifically says that hagel now understands the fact that israel is in a more endangered spot than it...
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>> martin, look, president obama would not have nominated chuck hagel if chuck hagel was not in line with him on this particular issue and on the president's policy descriptions for the pentagon. so i am not worried about chuck hagel, about what he said 15 years ago, especially since he has since apologized and has made affirmative statements. >> yes, he has, indeed. now, john, john brennan has 25 years of service at the cia. he's expected to be questioned rigorously on the issue of torture or enhanced interrogation techniques as they're known by some. does this present mr. brennan with some real challenge given his oversight of enhanced interrogation techniques under the previous administration? >> well, i mean, since he was there in the previous administration, if the senate wants to ask him those questions, then, yes, they will provide some discomfort for him, but remember when president obama came into office, it was he who said we are no longer doing this. this is not who we are as a country, and so if the senate wants to litigate past battles that even the president of the unit
>> martin, look, president obama would not have nominated chuck hagel if chuck hagel was not in line with him on this particular issue and on the president's policy descriptions for the pentagon. so i am not worried about chuck hagel, about what he said 15 years ago, especially since he has since apologized and has made affirmative statements. >> yes, he has, indeed. now, john, john brennan has 25 years of service at the cia. he's expected to be questioned rigorously on the issue of...
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earlier today there was a cloture vote on chuck hagel. this is essentially what we knew last week is that republicans were going to hold up the eventual askengs of chuck hagel to become defense secretary in case there was anything in his past that could damn him. seven days later apparently there's nothing in his past so they're comfortable moving forward. he's expected to be confirmed probably within the next five minutes. you can even have it in this block if we're so fortunate. >> does that not prove that the whole nonsense around the nomination process on this man was simply invented? it was theatrics. there was no substance. it's the same as the friends of hamas. shall are they? >> reporter: i think it does show that the republican strategy was to try to bloody him as much as possible with the belief if they were able to do it enough he would perhaps withdraw. he was pretty vehement last week he would not withdraw. now with the sequester looking like it's going to go forward, my calculations there's $46 billion in military cuts over
earlier today there was a cloture vote on chuck hagel. this is essentially what we knew last week is that republicans were going to hold up the eventual askengs of chuck hagel to become defense secretary in case there was anything in his past that could damn him. seven days later apparently there's nothing in his past so they're comfortable moving forward. he's expected to be confirmed probably within the next five minutes. you can even have it in this block if we're so fortunate. >> does...
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>> senators john mccain and lindsey graham said they would not proceed with the nomination of hagel until the oaks provided more information about last year's benghazi attack. >> nobody is really talking about this story. >> what is the cover-up? >> then and only then will they return to the balcony seats on the muppet show. >> it wasn't rare and it certainly wasn't well done! ♪ >>> it is president's day, an extra day of rest for millions of americans and count the president among those who could use it. in the next hour he's scheduled to board air force one and return from florida to washington and when he gets there, it's certain he'll be met with the same republican hysteria and overreaction to any policy that bears his name. and this afternoon it's immigration. yes, this comes after "usa today" obtained a draft of the policy that the white house has been working on in order to plot a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the united states. the white house called it a backup plan just in case congress fails to produce a compromise on im
>> senators john mccain and lindsey graham said they would not proceed with the nomination of hagel until the oaks provided more information about last year's benghazi attack. >> nobody is really talking about this story. >> what is the cover-up? >> then and only then will they return to the balcony seats on the muppet show. >> it wasn't rare and it certainly wasn't well done! ♪ >>> it is president's day, an extra day of rest for millions of americans...
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so they are still confident that chuck hagel's nomination will be confirmed. you have mitch mcconnell coming out suggesting he might try to slow walk this process. majority leader harry reid saying he's not going to let that happen. again, the white house at this hour, martin, still confident that hagel will be confirmed. >> and this in the context of what happened last night. what are your sources telling you about the likelihood of the president referencing north korea and its nuclear weapons test in his speech tonight? >> reporter: well, martin, my sources are telling me it is very likely that he is going to reference what happened in north korea overnight. remember, the white house put out a statement overnight condemning the action saying that it was a highly provocative action. i can also tell you that president obama spoke to the president of south korea today. they shared their concerns about this third nuclear launch, what is perceived to be really the most aggressive nuclear test that north korea has conducted to date. the u.n. security council con s
so they are still confident that chuck hagel's nomination will be confirmed. you have mitch mcconnell coming out suggesting he might try to slow walk this process. majority leader harry reid saying he's not going to let that happen. again, the white house at this hour, martin, still confident that hagel will be confirmed. >> and this in the context of what happened last night. what are your sources telling you about the likelihood of the president referencing north korea and its nuclear...
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hagel is a homophobic, anti-semitic lover of hamas. >> the interesting thing is when senator hagel was a republican senator, various of his colleagues, republican senators, had a very high view of his foreign policy credentials, including senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. now that he's actually been tapped by this democraticed a m, they have some problems and they have to check into his record. even a guy that was one of them before, once he is blessed by president obama is persona nongrata among the congressional republicans. they're going to have a tough time i think making the case against chuck hagel who was twice wounded in vietnam as an enlisted man going up against the chicken hawks of the united states senate, and he's not going to take a lot of grief from them. he's a guy who has bled for his country and actually believes that war should be a last resort. it's a novel sentiment perhaps in the senate these days, but i think it will prevail. >> it certainly is. as the president said, war is not an abstraction to this man. ken, you recently reported that several anti-obam
hagel is a homophobic, anti-semitic lover of hamas. >> the interesting thing is when senator hagel was a republican senator, various of his colleagues, republican senators, had a very high view of his foreign policy credentials, including senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. now that he's actually been tapped by this democraticed a m, they have some problems and they have to check into his record. even a guy that was one of them before, once he is blessed by president obama is...
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if senator hagel becomes secretary of defense, the military option will have zero credibility. i'm sorry, ari, can you remind me how many purple hearts lindsey graham, ted cruz, and marco rubio have between them? >> i think it's zero. >> zero. >> i think it's zero. and i think that the problem with that letter goes deeper than just their sort of shallow criticisms of chuck hagel. the military option is decided in our democracy by the korng working with the president to decide if and when to declare war. so that substantive attempt at a critique acts as if the secretary of defense is going to decide it all along. >> the critique is a complete falsehood. >> whether he is hawkish or not, the president will set the goals of the policy, but the declaration of war against iran or an authorization of force would come from the congress. there's something else that toure said that i thought was important and it almost got lost in the flurry of hoorayish -- toure yish hand motions. you said something that really struck a chord with me. you talked about intellectual gerrymandering and i t
if senator hagel becomes secretary of defense, the military option will have zero credibility. i'm sorry, ari, can you remind me how many purple hearts lindsey graham, ted cruz, and marco rubio have between them? >> i think it's zero. >> zero. >> i think it's zero. and i think that the problem with that letter goes deeper than just their sort of shallow criticisms of chuck hagel. the military option is decided in our democracy by the korng working with the president to decide...
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here's what defense secretary chuck hagel had to say. take a listen. >> we're looking at everything, and we are listening to victims carefully, closely. we're not taking anything off the table. and we want to understand all this best. >> karen, you also watched that news conference with secretary hagel and general dempsey. what was your impression? >> you know, i heard the rigtç things from both men, particularly, you know, given that they were talking act the fact that this is clearly a cultural problem and that it's something that they want to make sure that they handle in a systemic way. i thought it was -- that clip right there, i was pleased to hear him say they are talking to the victims to really try to understand -- he goes on to say from the beginning to when it's reported all the way through to how it's handled. that's what we need. i think what kirsten's bill does, senator gillibrand's bill does says, take it out of the chain of command and make sure this is handled by people specifically trained to deal with these kinds of c
here's what defense secretary chuck hagel had to say. take a listen. >> we're looking at everything, and we are listening to victims carefully, closely. we're not taking anything off the table. and we want to understand all this best. >> karen, you also watched that news conference with secretary hagel and general dempsey. what was your impression? >> you know, i heard the rigtç things from both men, particularly, you know, given that they were talking act the fact that this...
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i think we said chuck hagel was here. obviously, he's the secretary of defense for the president. is having his meetings with top advisors we believe. we know they're arriving even as we speak, some of those individuals right now. we are hearing from national security staff at that time that they continue to monitor the situation. obviously, they have over the course of this day and are coordinating as it was described to me the u.s. policy on thetonic. what's so remarkable is the similarities between what's taking place right now. it's almost like a deja vu from just two and a half years ago when at that same time, this administration said to then president hosni mubarak, they were urging him to use restraint and also asking them for the reinforcing the need for these peaceful protests to take place. it's very much the same language we had been hearing from this white house from the conversation that this president had with president morsi just a couple of days ago. we assume we will hear something from the white house at some point this evening. what form that takes we aren't su
i think we said chuck hagel was here. obviously, he's the secretary of defense for the president. is having his meetings with top advisors we believe. we know they're arriving even as we speak, some of those individuals right now. we are hearing from national security staff at that time that they continue to monitor the situation. obviously, they have over the course of this day and are coordinating as it was described to me the u.s. policy on thetonic. what's so remarkable is the similarities...
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he's handling the fight over chuck hagel. it looks like hagel, despite the sort of abuse he got yesterday will be confirmed. but then it's also jack lew. we have heard that may be contentious, john brennan. steven chu announced he's stepping down. that's another opening to fill. not to mention susan rice's. at some point how much of a distraction are these fights and how much political capital do they eat up that sort of takes away from some of these policy things we're talking about? >> well, it's always a risk and it's become obviously a bigger deal in recent years and this is one of the reasons why i think rice stepped out of the running there because she didn't want to become a distraction. obviously any post that has to be filled up will eat up a little bit of your capital, but tames there are a lot of issue that is can't be ignored. the sequestration battles and unlike julian, i do kind of think that's a difference between the gun and the immigration battle in that republicans themselves really want this immigration iss
he's handling the fight over chuck hagel. it looks like hagel, despite the sort of abuse he got yesterday will be confirmed. but then it's also jack lew. we have heard that may be contentious, john brennan. steven chu announced he's stepping down. that's another opening to fill. not to mention susan rice's. at some point how much of a distraction are these fights and how much political capital do they eat up that sort of takes away from some of these policy things we're talking about? >>...
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there's chuck hagel? then you have the vice president of the united states putting his signature on this. so this clearly, there is a little bit of a concerted effort here to build international support for the action that it looks very much like the united states government is about to take. >> all right. nbc's chuck todd. thank you. >> you got it. >> all right. i want to bring in our panel now. steve clements at the new america feds ration and david corn of mother jones magazine. and steve, this does feel like deja vu all over again. we hear talk of coalition of the willing, talk about strikes inside of syria. what we are not hearing is the idea of boots on the ground and regime change. >> i think that's right. this is a very different response that the obama administration gave just basically six weeks ago when there was an action to help begin trying to supply and support rebels inside syria because of chemical weapons, red line being crossed. this is a much more serious deployment of chemical weapons
there's chuck hagel? then you have the vice president of the united states putting his signature on this. so this clearly, there is a little bit of a concerted effort here to build international support for the action that it looks very much like the united states government is about to take. >> all right. nbc's chuck todd. thank you. >> you got it. >> all right. i want to bring in our panel now. steve clements at the new america feds ration and david corn of mother jones...
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what can chuck hagel do to make texas and the other eight states change their ways? >> one of the issues that was raised when chris johnson from the "washington blade" asked about this was the fact that the federal government does fund a lot of the state national guard programs. and so there is that funding string they're going to be able to point to. and there is the fact that the national guard is -- can be run by the federal government in certain aspects. and hagel made clear that they are going to push for the states that have thus far refused to issue i.d. cards to do so. >> all right. and with that, congressman mark pocan and chris geitner, thanks very much. >>> coming up, a note from the white house and some delicate diplomacy involving the future of iraq. i'm angela, and i didn't think i could quit smoking but chantix helped me do it. i told my doctor i think i'm... i'm ready. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. i knew that i could smoke for the first 7 days. i knew
what can chuck hagel do to make texas and the other eight states change their ways? >> one of the issues that was raised when chris johnson from the "washington blade" asked about this was the fact that the federal government does fund a lot of the state national guard programs. and so there is that funding string they're going to be able to point to. and there is the fact that the national guard is -- can be run by the federal government in certain aspects. and hagel made clear...
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i think that's what you saw in chuck hagel's commentary. at the same time, the president is is saying we need to ask the bigger questions. what's really going on. how do we leave a constructive situation, a situation that can work after there may be an intervention. what is the exit plan in all of this and those are the questions that many observers calling for greater intervention are not talking about and they are vital because syria is a real mess. richard knows libya well and there are going to be disputes about who the real heroes of the revolution are. who are the allies inside the assad regime behaving covertly? that's another potential scenario here, so there's a will the of complexity. the demand for a binary red line that gets action or inaction, would be an inept thing for the president of the united states to spend all of his time focused on. it is the broad eer ecosystem tt matters. >> right, but richard, to you on the ground in turkey, and you visited syria yourself and libya right across north africa in the middle east, do yo
i think that's what you saw in chuck hagel's commentary. at the same time, the president is is saying we need to ask the bigger questions. what's really going on. how do we leave a constructive situation, a situation that can work after there may be an intervention. what is the exit plan in all of this and those are the questions that many observers calling for greater intervention are not talking about and they are vital because syria is a real mess. richard knows libya well and there are...
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what is the white house expecting with the chuck hagel nom nation hearing? >> reporter: the white house concedes not everything is going to be easy. they acknowledge this is the first confirmation hearing battle really to take place in this sort of super pac era post-citizenships united which means several million dollars are already being spent by groups on both sides. a lot of this money provided by donors, millionaires and billionaires even who have ideological views that are vastly opposed to those of chuck hagel. the white house though is confident he's the right guy for the job and will best carry out the president's positions going forward. >> and a final question, pete, i understand and some republicans will probably be pleased about this, that a self-appointed monarch actually visited the white house today by the name of king james. is that correct? >> reporter: yeah, king james did make it. for a guy who has probably seen about as many cameras as the president given the fact he's as big a star in this world frankly as obama is in many circles, he w
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. >> it's a bit of a -- >> >>> in just a couple hours secretary of defense hagel and secretary of state john kerry will be among those briefing members of congress about the situation in syria. as momentum towards a proposed attack shows signs of slowing. while u.n. inspectors spend a third days seeking evidence of chemical weapons used, u.n. security council members met this afternoon to deliberate once again. as for president obama, he says the u.s. has concluded that bashar assad's regime is responsible for last week's attack, and must pay a price. >> we have concluded that the syrian government in fact carried these out. if that's so, then there need to be international consequences. i have no idea in in i kind of open-ended conflict in syria, but we do have to make sure that when countries break international norms on weapons like chemical weapons that could threaten us, that they are held accountable. >> that said the president has emphasized he has not made a decision on military action. many members of congress are not on board. today the president called house speaker john boeh
. >> it's a bit of a -- >> >>> in just a couple hours secretary of defense hagel and secretary of state john kerry will be among those briefing members of congress about the situation in syria. as momentum towards a proposed attack shows signs of slowing. while u.n. inspectors spend a third days seeking evidence of chemical weapons used, u.n. security council members met this afternoon to deliberate once again. as for president obama, he says the u.s. has concluded that...
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defense secretary chuck hagel has said that these threats to guam, hawaii and the u.s. mainland have to be taken seriously. also this afternoon, the state of connecticut did what too few in congress seem capable of doing. they stood up to the robo calls, the naysayers, the nra, and their band of bullies, and passed sweeping gun safety legislation. yes, at the bill's signing, a mother who lost one of her two precious little boys in newtown shooting urged congress to show the same courage. >> you have listened. my son, jake, every child in connecticut, will be safer because of that. this makes me hopeful despite everything we've been reading, the u.s. senate will also take time to listen to us when we go to washington next week. >> that's the same hope shared by the president who will visit connecticut on monday, and who delivered his own argument for gun reform backed by a wall of blue uniformed police officers in denver on wednesday. and that event came just a few hours before what we begin with today. growing evidence of an increasingly disjointed and vulnerable gop. l
defense secretary chuck hagel has said that these threats to guam, hawaii and the u.s. mainland have to be taken seriously. also this afternoon, the state of connecticut did what too few in congress seem capable of doing. they stood up to the robo calls, the naysayers, the nra, and their band of bullies, and passed sweeping gun safety legislation. yes, at the bill's signing, a mother who lost one of her two precious little boys in newtown shooting urged congress to show the same courage....
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he's meeting this hour with secretary hagel, as you know, facing a full plate of concerns including plans today to furlough some 630,000 civilian defense workers. make them take unpaid days off through the rest of the year. and that, of course, is thanks to the sequester. and, yet, sir, i cannot hear a single person on the other side of the aisle, today, expressing any concern with that. >> yeah, that's the real scandal that what we're doing is diverting our attention -- obviously, i think these manners have to be dealt with, but we're diverting our attention from the total failure of the republicans in the house of representatives to deal with substance in this congress and very frankly in the last congress. the sequestration is an irrational, stupid policy that's having an adverse effect on our economy and on our national security. i think the layoffs, the furloughs that you referred to, are not only bad for the individuals involved, but much more broadly than that in bad from the standpoint of our national security. we tried on a number of occasions, on four specific occasions, to offe
he's meeting this hour with secretary hagel, as you know, facing a full plate of concerns including plans today to furlough some 630,000 civilian defense workers. make them take unpaid days off through the rest of the year. and that, of course, is thanks to the sequester. and, yet, sir, i cannot hear a single person on the other side of the aisle, today, expressing any concern with that. >> yeah, that's the real scandal that what we're doing is diverting our attention -- obviously, i...
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take a listen to defense secretary chuck hagel and respond. >> our ability to influence the outcome in egypt is limited. it's up to the egyptian people. and they are a large, grast, sovereign nation. and it will be their responsibility to sort this out. >> michael, is that the administration throwing up its hands? >> well, to some agreeing yes but also in response to reality. i mean, it's a candid take on the situation. our influence is limited. you know, even the money that we provide, the $1.3 billion in military aid, i believe that was the level that was set more than 30 years ago when we first started spending it, and it's never been adjusted for inflation. it's not worth what it was. it's laut a lot of its value. when you compare it to the more than $10 billion egypt is getting now from regional allies like saudi arabia and the united arab emirates, it's just not -- we're not the biggest player at the card table i guess you might say. so we have some long-time relationships there. particularly military to military. the united states still has prestige and influence around the worl
take a listen to defense secretary chuck hagel and respond. >> our ability to influence the outcome in egypt is limited. it's up to the egyptian people. and they are a large, grast, sovereign nation. and it will be their responsibility to sort this out. >> michael, is that the administration throwing up its hands? >> well, to some agreeing yes but also in response to reality. i mean, it's a candid take on the situation. our influence is limited. you know, even the money that...
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chuck hagel was right at the time in criticizing the bush administration on this. that's why it has long struck me you would want a man who does not want to rush into warfare as a first resort sitting there in charge of the pentagon. >> right. mike, on a slightly broader scale, are you at all concerned that this president's rightful desire to get our troops out of these entrenched and intractable conflicts, that this may point to a less vigorous role for the united states in terms of international affairs? >> you know, it's one of the big questions before us, martin, and i am struck that the syrian civil war, where i think there are no good answers and i'm not a big interventionist myself, it may require a little more american and international role than we've been willing to countenance so far for the very reason you mentioned but i'm hopeful president obama is actually going to be pretty careful on his subsequent afghanistan decisions as i think you mentioned. today's press conference did not promise any particular rapid drawdown path. yes, we're hearing a genera
chuck hagel was right at the time in criticizing the bush administration on this. that's why it has long struck me you would want a man who does not want to rush into warfare as a first resort sitting there in charge of the pentagon. >> right. mike, on a slightly broader scale, are you at all concerned that this president's rightful desire to get our troops out of these entrenched and intractable conflicts, that this may point to a less vigorous role for the united states in terms of...
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he did that with the hagel nomination. he wanted panetta to testify. that happened. he hasn't blocked all of these nominations. i do think some of this is theater. and you see john mccain obviously engaging in that today. whether or not this goes down to the wire and these folks don't get confirmed, hard to see that happening. this same thing again happened with hagel, tom perez. he eventually got confirmed over at labor. so i think eventually, you know, folks will get -- will get a good hearing and an up or down vote on the senate floor. >> josh, isn't it utterly reasonable that an individual like senator lindsey graham should use his power to block the functioning of government in order to protect himself from challenges? >> you know, i think -- >> is that really what we've come to? >> well, i think what it is is that all of these things have existed in the past to a degree. but what you have seen over the last 15, maybe 20 years, and increasingly over the last six or seven years is all of the norms that keep things in check. yes, you can block nominees. but you us
he did that with the hagel nomination. he wanted panetta to testify. that happened. he hasn't blocked all of these nominations. i do think some of this is theater. and you see john mccain obviously engaging in that today. whether or not this goes down to the wire and these folks don't get confirmed, hard to see that happening. this same thing again happened with hagel, tom perez. he eventually got confirmed over at labor. so i think eventually, you know, folks will get -- will get a good...
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meeting with defense secretary hagel to address the troubling frequency of sexual assault in the military. earlier today he met with the turkish prime minister. the grave crisis in syria central to their discussions as well as security in the broader region. and responding to the outcry over benghazi, the president announced action to prevent anything like that ever happening again. >> congress to work with us to support and fully fund our budget request and improve the security of our embassies around the world. that's how we learn the lessons of benghazi, that's how we keep faith with the men and women who we send overseas to represent america and that's what i will stay focused on as commander in chief. >> but it's going to require the discipline of a zen buddhist monk personally trained by an expert in meditation to stay focused on solutions with the noise surrounding the white house these days. when it came time to ask questions, forget syria or guns or jobs or gitmo. mr. president, let's turn. >> how do you feel about comparisons by some of your critics of this week's scandals to th
meeting with defense secretary hagel to address the troubling frequency of sexual assault in the military. earlier today he met with the turkish prime minister. the grave crisis in syria central to their discussions as well as security in the broader region. and responding to the outcry over benghazi, the president announced action to prevent anything like that ever happening again. >> congress to work with us to support and fully fund our budget request and improve the security of our...
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he's joining an outfit that invented a chuck of hagel speech to the friends of hamas and pushed every birth fiction they could find regarding the president. we are pleased to add senator paul to our lineup of fearless original thought leaders. fearless, maybe. original, well, we now know the written word speaks for itself. we should note that buzz feed today found just the latest example of a rand paul cut and paste, this time from a number of scholarly articles right into his 2012 book. we're sorry to say we have now lost count. stay with us. a special screw the cuch edition of "top lines" is coming up. but first governor-elect terry mcauliffe checks out his new digs. no doubt, it will need a thorough cleaning. >> you've been great. >> it's quite a place. a lot of history. >> let's go eat. you tell us what you want to pay, and we give you a range of coverages to choose from. who is she? that's flobot. she's this new robot we're trying out, mostly for, like, small stuff. wow! look at her go! she's pretty good. she's pretty good. hey, flobot, great job. oops. [ powers down ] uh-oh, flo
he's joining an outfit that invented a chuck of hagel speech to the friends of hamas and pushed every birth fiction they could find regarding the president. we are pleased to add senator paul to our lineup of fearless original thought leaders. fearless, maybe. original, well, we now know the written word speaks for itself. we should note that buzz feed today found just the latest example of a rand paul cut and paste, this time from a number of scholarly articles right into his 2012 book. we're...
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. >> those are the people who are going after chuck hagel who didn't serve in vietnam. >> varijared, the president yesterday in talking about proposals to deal with the issue of gun violence mentioned the idea of employing another 14,000 police officers as part of a gun control package. okay? >> right. >> but doesn't that have the double value of not only increasing protections but also actually employing people? >> right. when i heard that -- >> but is that -- does that come under the word stimulus that paul ryan finds unacceptable. >> i'm afraid if you call it stimulus it may not happen, but yes. but yes, you're right. one of the things i did and once i read that was to try to figure out there's no good -- one database on this, but to figure out how many police and sheriff have been laid off and i got a number around the 10,000 range and, by the way, you can find once you start to go into the data, that places where buts have been squeezed the most, you're starting to see crime rise. >> what this is is something that rahm emanuel did in the clinton administration which is you use m
. >> those are the people who are going after chuck hagel who didn't serve in vietnam. >> varijared, the president yesterday in talking about proposals to deal with the issue of gun violence mentioned the idea of employing another 14,000 police officers as part of a gun control package. okay? >> right. >> but doesn't that have the double value of not only increasing protections but also actually employing people? >> right. when i heard that -- >> but is that...
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. >> well, it is a very serious problem, and i think as we heard secretary hagel speak to this earlier this week, it's not actually just a problem, it is a cultural issue. right? i mean, there is something in the culture that is letting this continue to happen. you know, we just had the recent scandal with videocameras in bathrooms at the military academy, you know, at west point. i mean, clearly there is a bigger problem here that needs to be dealt with in a systemic way. i think, again, this is a place where the president said the right things. i think he's absolutely right in terms of the trust factor that we need to be able to have that people in the military need to be able to have of one another. but the kinds of changes, it's not just about training. it's about really understanding what kinds of cultural changes need to happen. particularly because rape is not about sex. it's about power and control. we know in the military those issues are very complicated for people. >> indeed, they are. karen finney, and the great dan a. milbank, forever welcomed on this broadcast, even if ke
. >> well, it is a very serious problem, and i think as we heard secretary hagel speak to this earlier this week, it's not actually just a problem, it is a cultural issue. right? i mean, there is something in the culture that is letting this continue to happen. you know, we just had the recent scandal with videocameras in bathrooms at the military academy, you know, at west point. i mean, clearly there is a bigger problem here that needs to be dealt with in a systemic way. i think, again,...
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by the way, chuck hagel announced today, he's fixing this problem in a creative way. but that aside, if you look at what's happening, i've got situations in my state that are life-threatening situations right now as we speak. >> and, you know, senator, you talked about, you know, the -- the sort of creative lengths that your colleagues -- that the pentagon is really having to go to to work on this. one is you have a private charity that's kicking in. that's going to help to provide some of these benefits until this is resolved. and the money can be paid back. i mean, in a perverse way, are republicans being incentivized to continue these kinds of strategies, because they fundamentally don't believe government should be doing these things. they think private charity should. so in a horrible way, the charities they should be helping are almost in a sense giving some republicans -- not all, but some conservatives, what they want. >> i don't really think so, because obviously this is -- you know, we pray to god we don't have a lot of these to pay, because it's a death gra
by the way, chuck hagel announced today, he's fixing this problem in a creative way. but that aside, if you look at what's happening, i've got situations in my state that are life-threatening situations right now as we speak. >> and, you know, senator, you talked about, you know, the -- the sort of creative lengths that your colleagues -- that the pentagon is really having to go to to work on this. one is you have a private charity that's kicking in. that's going to help to provide some...
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we should stress there will be discussions between secretaries kerry and hagel with their russian counterparts. >> yes, that meeting is still going ahead. >>> we've also just got word of the president and first lady's travel schedule. what can you tell us about their mr. holiday, which i believe begins this weekend. >> reporter: it does begin this weekend. first they are going to stop off in orlando. they're going to be speaking to disabled american veterans at the national convention there. then they'll be flying into the cape cod coast guard air station, and from there to martha's vineyard for their annual summer vacation. the president didn't take one last year, because he was out on the campaign trail. i have traveled with the president on a number of hi vacations, martin. they're usually not that restful, at least for the press corps. >> indeed. thank you very much. >>> turning to the congress, i want to bring in senator sheldon whitehouse. good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon. >> we've spent two years being told that the affordable care act is in fact the four horsemen the apocalypse t
we should stress there will be discussions between secretaries kerry and hagel with their russian counterparts. >> yes, that meeting is still going ahead. >>> we've also just got word of the president and first lady's travel schedule. what can you tell us about their mr. holiday, which i believe begins this weekend. >> reporter: it does begin this weekend. first they are going to stop off in orlando. they're going to be speaking to disabled american veterans at the national...
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i mean, we went through this with chuck hagel. we had 60 votes there. you could see what the final tally was. there's a lot of political theater like joy said. rand paul is running for president. ted cruz is running for head of the tea party. they're going to filibuster. we're fighting back with ads like this. that's going up against jeff flake. we sent it out to our members today. we're going to raise money on line. we're going to expand that. we expect a fight. whether you have 60 votes, they're going to filibuster for their own theater. it's funny because the people in the military, look, we all needed background checks. yet you can buy a weapon from your friend without one. i think people who are conservative in the military who don't support an assault weapons ban support the idea criminals shouldn't be able to purchase a weapon that can do the type of devastation the weapons we carried in war can do. >> that's one of the things that strikes me. you, a number of iraq vet, afghanistan vets, a number of generals, stanley mcchrystal, a lot of folks ou
i mean, we went through this with chuck hagel. we had 60 votes there. you could see what the final tally was. there's a lot of political theater like joy said. rand paul is running for president. ted cruz is running for head of the tea party. they're going to filibuster. we're fighting back with ads like this. that's going up against jeff flake. we sent it out to our members today. we're going to raise money on line. we're going to expand that. we expect a fight. whether you have 60 votes,...
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but after a walk and lunch with kerry and hagel said snowden didn't dominate their conversation, syria, afghanistan, there's an invitation from russia for joint tank exercises on the russian mainland. certain number of people, former secretaries of state and defense would be rolling over at that one as far as former russian general secretaries, but the president made no secret of his annoyance. he said that their relationship is not bad, but that's not saying it's good, he and putin. and then he said they have candid frank conversations that are sometimes constructive. well, candid and frank is diplomatees for really bad. i was surprised of that. >> he also said of putin he used comments and rhetoric that was anti-american. >> yeah. and, you know, the fact that he also on the leno show spoke about the cold war mentality not sitting well with the russians. it may be true, but they don't expect the american president to sort of make that point. and also of course putin made his own point by sending a telegram, a get-well telegram to george w. bush in the last couple of days announcing th
but after a walk and lunch with kerry and hagel said snowden didn't dominate their conversation, syria, afghanistan, there's an invitation from russia for joint tank exercises on the russian mainland. certain number of people, former secretaries of state and defense would be rolling over at that one as far as former russian general secretaries, but the president made no secret of his annoyance. he said that their relationship is not bad, but that's not saying it's good, he and putin. and then...
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> and do you think it was the judicial appointments that broke the camel's back, not even the chuck hagel nomination, but it was actually not a personality or a policy, it was simply the process. can we fill a court, no. >> there was nothing about these nominees that was called into question. i think it was that, and also blocking mel watt as head of federal housing agency. i mean, like, you can't pick a member of congress. nothing like that had happened since the civil war. so this is such projection. because the ones that have been lawless and the ones that have been power mad have been the republicans who have prevented this man, this president, from actually being president. >> indeed. >> they reached into two other branches, the executive branch and judiciary. >> absolutely. john, the minority leader also said democrats will come to regret this, perhaps sooner than they think. a nice kind of warning there from him. what does he mean by that? >> what he means is, we have a midterm election coming up in 2014. a year from now. that republicans are hoping that they will retake the senate
> and do you think it was the judicial appointments that broke the camel's back, not even the chuck hagel nomination, but it was actually not a personality or a policy, it was simply the process. can we fill a court, no. >> there was nothing about these nominees that was called into question. i think it was that, and also blocking mel watt as head of federal housing agency. i mean, like, you can't pick a member of congress. nothing like that had happened since the civil war. so this is...